A Busy Day!

A Busy Day!

Well, yesterday was a very busy day. This was the critical one, as everyone needed to attach the heads and legs they’d made to the bodies and start making them look like actual animals. The attaching is usually pretty straightforward, once they’ve had...
Day One in Bob’s Big House

Day One in Bob’s Big House

Well, me and Bob have had a great day here in the big house at Glenthorne.  After a splendid breakfast,  we all gathered in the studio and I initiated the group into the gentle art of papier mache.  It’s always nice showing people how to tear paper with the...
The Adventure Begins!

The Adventure Begins!

So here’s me and Bob, finally installed at Glenthorne and ready to start my papier mache course tomorrow. We’ve unpacked and got the room set up and have just met up with all the students. We’ve got a nice mixture of animals to make- a pig, a...
New Beginnings

New Beginnings

Well I’m feeling pretty damn pleased with myself.  As I’m going to be away teaching in Grasmere next week, I’ve gone and got ahead of myself with planning for next term’s weekly classes at All Saints.  Regular readers (in my dreams) will know...

What’s in a Name?

I’ve been pondering this question recently,  in relation to my weekly Drawing & Painting classes. Those people who have been coming to them for a while will know that the content has evolved over time and I’m not sure that the name is still a good fit....